Members
Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh
Director, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology
Ernst and Helen Leibacher Endowed Chair
Professor of Molecular Biochemistry
Mailing Address:
Botany and Plant SciencesGenomics Building /4119C
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-6370
Fax: (951) 827-2155
Email: katayoon.dehesh@ucr.edu
Degree(s):
PhD 1977 Sussex UniversityBS 1973 Pahlavi University
College/Division Affiliation:
College of Natural and Agricultural SciencesCenter/Inst Affiliation(s):
Center for Plant Cell BiologyAreas Of Expertise:
Molecular BiochemistryAwards / Honors:
2017 Elected foreign member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
2016 Ernst and Helen Leibacher Endowed Chair in Botany and Plant Sciences
2014 CBS Teaching Award
2011 Paul K. and Ruth R. Stumpf Endowed Professor of Plant Biochemistry
2013 AAAS Fellow (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
2012- Honorary Professor at South West University, China
2009 Excellence in Education Award, UC Davis
2002- Monsanto Fellow
1974 Iran National Award
1974 Pahlavi Foundation Award from Higher Education Ministry
1972 Pahlavi University Award
Research Summary:
Our primary research interests are in deciphering the molecular and biochemical regulatory mechanisms underlying stress-induced responses that have a central and evolutionarily-conserved role in organismal integrity and adaptation to prevailing environmental conditions. Specifically, we examine how stress signals are sensed, and the mechanisms by which they integrate targeted processes, which collectively culminate in organeller cooperativity, a phenomenon that is an evolutionary necessity for maintenance of cellular homoeostasis. We employ plants as a platform to unravel the signaling network(s) shared by various organisms to provide an integrated view of the origins and patterns of divergence in adaptive signaling networks.
Further information and specific research projects can be found on the lab website: http://kdlab.weebly.com